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I am looking for information reference Joseph and Adeline Elder. In about 1894, Adeline died in Chester, NE and is buried in the Chester cemetery. Joseph move to Kansas about 1895 or 1896 and he is buried in the Maude cemetery near Cunningham, KS. I know nothing before the time of Adelines death. Any info would be appreciated.

Looks like they had been in Kansas about 2 years earlier,
where John was born. Kittie is 6 mo. old, born in KS, so they have just
been in NE a short while.
Joseph is 34 in 1880 , so was born in Ohio about 1846.
I could try looking in Ancestry.com
census searches for JOSEPH ELDER in OH and KS.
Will search:
1850 Ohio: Joseph should be about 4 years old.
1860 Ohio or KS: Joseph should be about 14 years old
1870 Ohio or KS: Joseph should be about 24 years old

Birth: Feb., 1846 Ohio, USA
Death: unknown
He enlisted in the Civil War on 16 March 1865 and served on for the Union
Enlisted as a Private on 16 March 1865 at the age of 17
Enlisted in Company E, 8th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 16 March 1865.
Joined Regiment on 02 April 1865 at Petersburg, VA
Mustered out Company E, 8th Infantry Regiment Michigan on 30 July 1865 in Delaney House, Washington, DC
Burial:
Maud Cemetery
Cunningham
Kingman County
Kansas, USA

Nancy
Joseph Elders daughter Nellie went to visit an aunt in Washington state
sometime between 1897 and 1909. Her obituary says she came to Kansas in 1896 where she grew to womanhood. She taught music for a while then went to Washington (state) where she lived with an aunt for six years. She then came back to Kansas, working in a telephone office where she met her husband, Rollie Vermillion, who she married on 19 Oct 1909. I have been unable to determine who the aunt was she went to visit. I also know that her brother John T (JT) was in Seattle in March 1900 as I have a copy of a letter his father wrote to him dated March 15, 1900. Any ideas????
Thanks
Bill and Deanna Parker

I counted 8 sisters of JOSEPH ELDER in DEARTH entry.
So we need to find out who they all married, then we
can find names in WA census.
Nellie is still in KS in 1900, and back in KS in 1910,
so she wouldn't be in WA census those years.

Looking at the DEARTH entries, I see he has marriages
for most of the girls. Sarah died young.
Barbara m. Godfrey, was in 1900 MI,
Emily m. Fuller, d. 1931 in MI,
Christina m. Burt Godfrey, was in 1910 census MI,
Nancy Jane m. William Merritt
Mary E. m. George Henry Starr
Jennie m. George Simison
Minnie m. William A. Eldred

Can't find any of those married last names in Seattle in 1900, either.
The only Western entry I can find in DEARTH's list
is ROBERT ELDER, b 1858 MI,
Married Martha "Mattie" Dollarhide
in Shasta Co CA 1887 (and Robert is missing in 1900):
(Robert's Death: 18 AUG 1896 in Shasta County, CA)